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FGrose: link updates

2012-07-03T19:13:29Z

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Alsroot: moved Documentation Team/Services/Wrap native packages HOWTO to Documentation Team/Obsolete/Services Wrap native packages HOWTO

2010-11-25T18:41:55Z

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FGrose: work on English

2010-03-07T05:27:03Z

work on English

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	== Introduction ==		== Introduction ==

	The purpose of this Guide is ~~describing~~ how to simplify ~~process of~~ usage, by activity or service developers, packages that are not included to [[0.86/Platform_Components\|Sugar Platform]] but well packaged to various GNU/Linux distributions.		The purpose of this Guide is to describe how to simplify the usage by activity or service developers of packages that are not included in the [[0.86/Platform_Components\|Sugar Platform]] but are well packaged by various GNU/Linux distributions.

	== Workflows ==		== Workflows ==

	* If service, you are planing to use, already exists on http://download.sugarlabs.org/services/ just add its name to ''requires'' field in your [[Documentation Team/Services/Activity Developers Guide\|activity]] or [[Documentation Team/Services/Service Developers Guide\|service]] ''.info'' file		* If the service you are planing to use already exists on http://download.sugarlabs.org/services/, just add its name to the ''requires'' field in your [[Documentation Team/Services/Activity Developers Guide\|activity]] or [[Documentation Team/Services/Service Developers Guide\|service]] ''.info'' file.
	* ~~otherwise~~, read the rest of this document to ~~know~~ how to create service ~~which~~ represents native package		* Otherwise, read the rest of this document to learn how to create a service that represents a native package.

	== Detailed description ==		== Detailed description ==

	To use native packages, they should be wrapped into services. Such services are lightweight and contain only ~~proper~~ information about native packages. ~~Also~~ having service wrappers ~~let us~~ collect all distro specific information in one place, because various GNU/Linux distributions could have different names for the same upstream application.		To use native packages, they should be wrapped into services. Such services are lightweight and contain only the appropriate information about native packages. By having service wrappers, we can collect all distro-specific information in one place, because various GNU/Linux distributions could have different names for the same upstream application.

	=== ~~Primal~~ distributions list ===		=== Prime distributions list ===

	~~In according~~ to http://distrowatch.com/, there are several distributions whose names could be mentioned in service. ~~Followed~~ table is a list of ~~primal~~ distributions from top 100 for 2009 ~~year~~(excluding source based and special distributions), in most cases ~~theirs~~ names will be the same in all ~~derivate~~ distributions.		According to http://distrowatch.com/, there are several distributions whose names could be mentioned in a service. The following table is a list of primary distributions from the top 100 for year 2009 (excluding source-based and special distributions), in most cases, their names will be the same in all derivative distributions.

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	Package wrappers are regular services, so read [[Documentation_Team/Services/Service_Developers_Guide\|Service Developers Guide]] first.		Package wrappers are regular services, so read the [[Documentation_Team/Services/Service_Developers_Guide\|Service Developers Guide]] first.

	== service.info file ==		== service.info file ==

	In addition to [[Documentation_Team/Services/Service_Developers_Guide#service.info_file\|standard]] ''service.info'' file, wrappers' file:		In addition to the [[Documentation_Team/Services/Service_Developers_Guide#service.info_file\|standard]] ''service.info'' file, the wrappers' file contains the following:

	* ''Service'' section contains only		* ''Service'' section contains only
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	** description		** description
	** homepage		** homepage
	* should contain one or more ''Distro:<name>'' sections		* It should contain one or more ''Distro:<name>'' sections
	* ''Distro:'' section with name ''*'', describes common distro parameters		* ''Distro:'' section with name ''*'', describes common distro parameters.

	Each ''Distro:'' section:		Each ''Distro:'' section

	* should contain ''name'' field which is local package name for service		* should contain a ''name'' field which is a local package name for the service,
	* optional ''buildtime-name'' field which goes to buildtime.xml feed, by default ''name'' will be used		* an optional ''buildtime-name'' field, which goes to the buildtime.xml feed, by default ''name'' will be used.
	* ~~for applications,~~ could contain ''main'' field with full path to exec file(could be different for different distributions)		* Applications could contain a ''main'' field with a full path to the exec file (which could be different for different distributions).

	== Workflow ==		== Workflow ==

	* ~~create~~ [[#service.info file\|service.info]] file		* Create a [[#service.info file\|service.info]] file.
	* ~~add~~ ''Distro:*'' section with common distro parameters		* Add a ''Distro:*'' section with common distro parameters.
	* ~~add~~ ''Distro:<name>'' sections at least for [[#~~Primal_distributions_list~~\|sugar supported]] distributions		* Add ''Distro:<name>'' sections, at least for [[#Prime_distributions_list\|sugar supported]] distributions.
	* ~~exec~~ ''0sugar push'' to upload changes to the server		* Execute ''0sugar push'' to upload changes to the server.
	* if service's application is not well packaged, please consider possibility to [[Documentation_Team/Services/Service_Developers_Guide\|~~add~~]] source and binary service implementations		* If a service's application is not well packaged, please consider the possibility of [[Documentation_Team/Services/Service_Developers_Guide\|adding]] source and binary service implementations.

	== Known ~~issue~~ ==		== Known issues ==

	* in RO mode(check if some package is installed), 0install ~~could~~ work only with deb and rpm based distributions or, if PackageKit is installed, all distributions that current PackageKit version supports		* In RO mode (check if some package is installed), 0install can work only with deb and rpm based distributions or, if PackageKit is installed, all distributions that current PackageKit version supports.
	* to install packages, system should have PackageKit		* To install packages, the system should have PackageKit.

Cjl: moved Walter is a wanker 9/Services/Wrap native packages HOWTO to Documentation Team/Services/Wrap native packages HOWTO over redirect: revert

2010-02-25T00:15:17Z

moved Walter is a wanker 9/Services/Wrap native packages HOWTO to Documentation Team/Services/Wrap native packages HOWTO over redirect: revert

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Faggot: moved Documentation Team/Services/Wrap native packages HOWTO to Walter is a wanker 9/Services/Wrap native packages HOWTO: Walter is a wanker

2010-02-24T23:47:44Z

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Alsroot: moved Documentation Team/Services/Native packages usage to Documentation Team/Services/Wrap native packages HOWTO

2010-01-15T17:26:41Z

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Alsroot at 17:17, 15 January 2010

2010-01-15T17:17:42Z

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Alsroot: /* Primal distributions list */

2010-01-14T12:17:38Z

Primal distributions list

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Alsroot: /* Primal distributions list */

2009-12-29T18:46:33Z

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	\|[[Community/Distributions/ALTLinux\|yes]]		\|[[Community/Distributions/ALTLinux\|yes]]